The rains have continued and the result is the most verdant spring in recent memory. Frost season is about over and the 2010 vintage year is off to a very good start. We’ll keep you posted. In the winery, bottling is the main activity – primarily for our custom crush clients. Evelyn is putting together […]
Tired of the same old cheese and crackers to go with your evening glass of wine? Here’s an easy alternative. Ingredients Butter 1 cup flour 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon pesto 1/3 cup smoked cheddar, grated Grease a muffin tin with butter and heat for 10 minutes in a 425° oven. Blend all
It’s spring alright – sunshine and rain and fruit blossoms and weeds and baseball and more. We threw our April Fools’ Day anniversary party on Saturday, April 3rd – the only day of the week without pouring rain. More than 125 Taft Street aficianados sipped and feasted on fire grilled beef and lamb, vegetarian lasagna,
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STAFF TASTINGS Periodically we gather our production, sales and administrative staff for formal tastings. We choose a varietal and compare our wine with six others, often local wines. We taste the wines “double blind;” that is we cover the bottles so neither the pourer nor the tasters knows the identity of the wines beforehand. We
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This weekend we’ll showcase a pair of heritage wines – a 2008 Sonoma County Pinot Noir and a 2008 Mendocino County Pinot Noir with our original (1982) label – with pricing to match. This is all a part of our April Fools’ Day anniversary celebration. After some gorgeous weeks of early summer like weather March
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With this weekend’s party coming up, I looked for a variety of sauces to accompany the meats, breads and chips. Here are two, each serving 4-6. Ingredients Hummus 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 16 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed ¼ cup red onion, minced ¼ cup olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1
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The most successful Russian River Wine Road Barrel Tasting weekends have just finished. Over the past two weekends we have introduced a pair of Pinot Noirs: a 2008 Mendocino County Pinot Noir (115 cases); and a 2008 Sonoma County Pinot Noir (111 cases). We bottled them with our original (think 1982) label, designed by Maureen
Quick video our President Mike Tierney at ZAP Festival in San Francisco. Taft Street Winery – ZAP Festival Winery Interview
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On a recent trip to So Cal we had some great shrimp tacos on the public pier in Santa Barbara. Here’s our take. Ingredients 1 pound shrimp (30 count) cleaned 2 tablespoons Taft Street Rub (recipe to follow) 1 tablespoon olive oil sriracha sauce ½ small head cabbage, finely sliced 4 ounces blue cheese ½
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The Winter Olympics are done, the Russian River Wine Road’s Barrel Tasting is here, the vineyards and orchards have been pruned, the spring garden has been planted, the fruit trees are abloom, the reservoirs are full (very good news), St. Patrick’s Day is approaching, as is March Madness – we are definitely coming out of
